Lantern-holder and foot-warmer.



No. 628,377. Patented July 4, 1399.

W. M. WILMARTN.

LANTERN HOLDER AND FOOT WARNER.

(Application filed Nov. 18, 1898.)

(N6 Model.)

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.VELCOM M. VVIL-MARTII, OFv SORANTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

LANTERN-HOLDER AND FOOT-WARM ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 628,377, dated July 4, 1899. Application filed November 18,1898. Serial No. 696,834. (NdmodeL) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I,WEL00M M. VVILMARTH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Scranton, in the county of Lackawanna and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lantern- Holders and Foot-Warmers; and I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part-of this specification.

This invention relates to attachments to carriages and wagons; and the object of the invention is to provide a lantern-holder which may be attached to the foot-rest or bottom of a carriage or wagon in such manner as to permit the occupant of the wagon to warm his feet from the heat produced by the lantern.

To this end the invention consists of the novel construction, arrangement, and combination of parts as herein specified, and set forth in the drawings, forming a part of this specification.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a view in isometric projection from the under side of my lantern-holder when it is not attached. Fig. 2 is a top View of the same. Fig. 3 is a cross-section taken on the line y y of Fig. 2 when the same is attached to the footboard or bottom of avehicle. Fig. 4 is a View showing a position of attachment to a wagon. Fig. 5 is a cross-section of the bottom of the lantern-receptacle, taken on the line no ccof Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a detail view of the stop and latch adapted to hold the guard-door of the lanternholder in an open position. Fig. 7 shows a method of attaching my lantern-holder to a sloping footboard.

Similar numerals of reference refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

1 designates a trough having a hole 2 cut into it, directly under which hole the lanternreceptacle 3 is attached by means of flanges 22 22, which are slid into the ways 21 and 21, secured to the under side of the trough, and is prevented from slipping out by means of small screws 23 and 23. The receptacle may be constructed of any suitable material and is provided with a door 8,hinged at 9 9,through which the lantern may be inserted and removed. The said door is secured by a hook 11 and eye 10. The said door and one contiguous side of the receptacle are provided with panes of glass 7 7 to permit the lantern to shine in a fronting direction. The receptacle 'is further provided with the door 4, hinged at 6 6, and the said door is constructed from a rectangular piece of metal bent at right angles in the middle, so as to cover the two panes of glass when it is closed. It is provided with an eye 13, with which the hook 11 is adapted to engage in conjunction with the lug or eye 10. The door 4 is intended to be closed in the daytime, so as to prevent the glass from becoming splashed. The bot tom of the receptacle has cut into it at opposite sides of the door 8 the openings 19 19 in such manner that the metal may be bent up into parallel retaining-lugs 20 20, which are adapted to grasp the rim or base of the lantern and at the same time allow sulficient openings int-he 'bott-om of the receptacle to permit of air-draft upward. Strips 17 17 are secured along the edges of the upper side of the board 1, so as to make a sort of trough, and the hole 2 is nearer one end of the trough 1, so that when the board is placed in position under the middle of a wagon the lantern-receptacle is suspended under it nearest the right-hand side; I find it most practical to attach the receptacle in such position that when the door 4 is open it stands about as near the opposite end of the trough 1 as the farther corner of the receptacle to the other end. A metal guard 25 is placed directlyover the hole 4, so as to prevent the lantern from setting fire to the bottom of the vehicle, and the said guard is bent at an angle, so as to direct the upward-moving warm air to the right and left, respectively, directing it to positions occupied by the right and left feet of the person using the same. footboard or bottom of the carriage to which the same is secured is furnished with groups of holes 28. and 28,,by means of which the warm air reaches the feet. When the door t is thrown open and backwardfl'he angle 5 strikes and engages with the stop 14 and may be held there by pressing into engagement with it the hook or latch 15, which swings on the pin 16 and is provided with several notches The 9 ,forward directions.

or teeth, so that it. may engage with the upper edge of the door at Varying distances, as may be required.

When a sloping footboard is used in addition to the top board 24, an upright board 29 is needed to hold in the warm air and direct it through the board 24. I

The operation of the device is readily understood. The device is screwed fast to the lower side of the footboard or bottom of the vehicle on which it is to be used by'means of screws 18 18, &c., passing through the holes 1818, 850., so that panes7 7 face in obliquely- The lantern 12 is then placed into its position by opening the door 8 and placing the lower edges or rim of the lantern-bowl under the strips or lugs 20 20, sliding the lantern inward until the door 8 will close. The lantern to be used may be of any ordinary type, and the engaging lugs 20 20 may be bent so as to engage the base of the same. hen the lantern is lighted, the heat from the same causes a draft through the holes 19 in the bottom of the receptacle and upward into the space 30, whence it passes through the foot-warming holes 28 28. Should water or dust accumulate on the footboard and pass down through the holes 28, it will find an exit through the holes 19 in the bottom of the lantern-receptacle, so as not to accumulate or cause any annoyance. \Vhen the lantern is to be lighted and used, the door l is opened and pressed back until it engages with the block or stop 14 and is held from swinging or clattering by straining it up on the inclined portion of the block 14 as far as it will go and retaining it there by means of a dog or hook 15. When used in daytime, the door 4 is to be kept shut.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a lantern-holder of the kind described the combination of a receptacle having openings out in the bottom thereof, the material in proximity to the said openings being bent upward so as to form lugs adapted to clasp the base of a lantern, a lantern adapted to be held thereby and means for attaching said receptacle to the under side of a Vehicle together with a door having an angle therein adapting it to blind two sides of said lanternreceptacle with means for securing said door in an open or shut position, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

VVELCOM M. \VILMARTI-I.

Vitnesses:

R. H. NEWMAN, L. A. IVIAROHANT. 

